I had a dream...

March 04, 2009


This is a dream I had sometime last year (after the first two related dreams 7-8 years ago) - and I believe the Lord wants me to share them with whoever is interested. I've been procrastinating and making excuses, but I think the time for procrastination is up...

In this dream I was both looking at the scene and in the scene at the same time, and this lady (wasn't sure if it was me or someone else) was speaking to a young man, not too tall 5.5 or 5.6 maybe, fair skinned with blonde hair.

It turned out he was an angel and he was on his way somewhere (in the dream he was about to take a cab).

Somehow she knew he was an angel and stopped him and asked him "When is the Lord coming back?"
And He answered, almost in amusement or with a smirk: "I don't know when the Lord is coming back"

But then he got serious and said " but I DO KNOW this, right now He's standing on His throne in heaven shouting [and declaring] that He is coming back!"

and then I woke up from that dream. This was the third of a string of similar very vivid dreams I've had about the Rapture.

The first two were sometime in (I think) 2001/2002.

In the first dream I was with a group of people walking down a wide tarred road. There were a lot of people on this road and all of a sudden we started running forward as we heard people shouting "evil is coming, evil is coming".

Everyone started running and we were trying to encourage each other to keep running to get as far away from the 'evil' as possible. It was like a thick black cloud far behind us. I think we could see it progressing and we were trying to run from it.

Eventually as we ran, we ended up under what seemed to be a highway bridge, and a small square panel opened up above in the bridge.

From this opening, something like a rope or green vine came down (through the opening. it was springy like a bungie cord), and each of us the started being pulled by the vine up through the opening and onto another side.

I kid you not, this other side was all bright green grass. The greenness of the grass was so bright and fresh... and then I woke up from that dream.

Now that I think about it, I can see the parallels of the vine with Jesus who says He is the True Vine. I didn't really think about it back then, but I knew I was definitely dreaming about the rapture.

Needless to say I was frightened by the dream, but I went back to sleep and I had a second dream that same night.

In this second dream, there was a helicopter that had landed. I couldn't see the helicopter at first (or maybe I did - I don't remember) but I definitely could hear the sound. and it was the sound of a helicopter that had landed and was stopping. I could tell because I could hear the blades winding down.

Then somehow in the dream I understood that with every rotation and winding down of the blades of that helicopter, so also was the winding down to the Lord's return. It was as though the blades were a countdown and as soon as the blades stopped (which was imminent) so would the Lord return.

By this time the blades were really slow. Like the blades of a standing fan that had been turned off and was about to stop rotating very soon.

Now this time I woke up from the dream in real fear. I got on the phone and I think called home, I turned all the lights in my room on and prayed. I can't even remember how I got back to sleep that night.

I remember back then I shared these dreams with my church... but it has been 7-8 years since I had those dreams, so they kind of became a distant memory to me until last year when I had the third dream.

So... there you have it y'all. No, I didn't eat anything funny before I went to bed.

I believe these dreams were directly from the Lord and that He wants me to share them to remind people that He is coming back. He's been giving all kinds of messages to all kinds of people so that we can get ready for His return (See scriptures that speak of the Rapture at the bottom)

I don't know if there's anyone who can say they never heard, but if we're not ready for His return, it's going to be really difficult. You don't even want to imagine it. Like my pastor says, we want to be on the first ship outta here. no sticking around for the tribulation. It would really be a dreadful time, so please if you aren't ready if Jesus should return right now, find out how to get ready and do so.

The first thing is to receive Jesus, who is God in flesh, who died and rose from the dead, as your Lord and Savior (1 Cor. 15:1-4)

Rom 10:9-10, 13 says, "that if you confess with your mouth Jesus Christ as Lord and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart man believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."

Acts 4:12 tells us that there is salvation is no other - there is no other name by which man may be saved. If man is going to be saved - Jesus must save him. Jesus himself said that He is "the" way (John 14:6). Being "the" way removes all possibility of other ways.

The next thing is to walk daily with Him (Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus,[a] who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit)

Repent of any sins. Ask Jesus to forgive you and come into your heart, and wash you clean from your sins (1 John 1:9). Pray to Jesus. Seek Him. Ask Him to save you, and He will (John 1:12).

Here's a good explanation of what it means to get Saved taken directly from Choo Thomas's website: http://www.choothomas.com/saved.html

"How to be saved:

First, you must give your heart to Jesus Christ and repent of the sins in your life. Jesus will then take away every sin from your past from that moment on. No matter what sin you have committed, He will never remember them and His Spirit will come into you and live within you. You will have His peace and joy within, which the world can never give you. He truly wants you to go to Heaven and be blessed while you're on earth.

Going to church is very important to the Lord, because it is His house and He wants His people to praise Him. While we are praising Him in the church, we will receive many different kinds of blessing, such as healing and deliverance. Also, it is very important to listen to His word and fellowship with other Christians. This is what He wants us to do after we are saved.
Reading the Bible daily and praying, many times a day, is a good way to have a relationship with Jesus. This way, you will hear His voice. God loves to hear your voice raised, praising Him instead of praying silently. God talks to us through the Bible because every word in the Bible is God breathed.

Some Christians and non-Christians literally hear God's voice; sometimes in whispers and other times His spirit speaks into our spirits. When this happens it is like a normal conversation between two people.

After giving our hearts to God, we must work out our salvation daily by giving up the worldly things that we have been doing before our salvation. If you really try, Jesus will strengthen you in every area of your life and you will find a joy that you could never imagine. The world can never match this joy.

God will test your obedience and if you are sincere, God will begin blessing you beyond belief. Some blessing come quickly, while others are slower to come. This is why we have to pray continually.

Learning God's word is very important. Without knowing His word it's very hard to lead a life holy to the Lord and serve Him and be blessed.

If you have a desire to serve Him, God will bless you immeasurably. God's own son wanted to serve Him so much that He gave up His life for us. He didn't just die, but suffered mightily by hanging on the cross for hours, shedding His blood to cover our sins. This was done to save all mankind from the lake of fire.

God hates sin. Please ask God to search your heart to see if you have sinned willfully or without knowing before your bedtime prayer each night. We all sin every day and fall short of the glory of God.

With God, nothing is impossible. He can do any and all things through us, but He will never force us to come to Him. We are born with a will and it is a matter of personal choice for each and everyone to come to Him or reject Him. He wants us to make a choice for Him and not the world.
This is the reason that anyone who has the salvation experience should witness and let others know about the Jesus that lives within them and resides on their tongue.

Many feel that after we die, we don't know anything. In reality, only our bodies die, but the spirit and soul lives on through eternity, just as when we were alive. This is the reason He wants everyone to come to salvation.

If you have been saved but have back slidden, please search your heart and make it right with God. Don't wait too long for we don't know the hour or the day that our lives will end or when Jesus comes for His church.

One of the saddest things in life is to never know Jesus. My heart aches for these unfortunate people because I know where they are going. I have Jesus' love in me.

Jesus' heart aches for His people every second, but there is nothing He can do for those who don't believe in Him. Whoever doesn't believe will be in Satan's hands for eternity.

God bless you,Choo Thomas "
Excerpt above taken from Choo Thomas: http://www.choothomas.com/saved.html

PRAYER:

Here is a simple prayer of repentance you can say right now if you like:

"Dear God, I know that I am a sinner and I deserve the consequences of my sin, but I come before you now to ask for your mercy and forgiveness. I repent of my sins and am trusting in Jesus Christ as my Savior. I believe that His death in my place on the cross paid the penalty for all my sins, and because of His resurrection I now have the gift of eternal life. I trust in Jesus and receive Jesus alone as my personal Lord and Savior. Thank you Lord, for saving me and forgiving me! Please make my life a living testimony and powerful witness for all you have done for me. Thank you for hearing and answering my prayer. Gratefully in Jesus' name, amen."
If you said this prayer, your are now "born-again", which simply means the Lord has recreated you and your "old" self is gone. You're a brand new "reborn" person now. Pray and read your bible everyday and ask God to lead you to a good church where you can get the truth, love and support you need as growing Christian. God loves you and wants to come back for you!!

- - - - - - - - - RAPTURE SCRIPTURES - - - - - - - -

There are so many scriptures in the bible that speak of the rapture. Here are some of them:

1Thessalonians 4:17-18 "After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. Therefore encourage each other with these words."

1 Corinthians 15:51-53 "Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed- in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality."

John 14:3 "And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am."

Thessalonians 2:1 "Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers, not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by some prophecy, report or letter supposed to have come from us, saying that the day of the Lord has already come."

Matthew 24:42-44 "Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him."

Matthew 25:13 "Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour."

1 Thessalonians 5:4 "But you, brothers, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief." Hebrews 9:28 "So Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him."

2 Peter 3:3-4 "First of all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. They will say, "Where is this ‘coming’ he promised? Ever since our fathers died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation."

1Thessalonians 5:1 "Now, brothers, about times and dates we do not need to write to you, for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night."

God bless you.